The system is four years ahead of schedule, but Weird is still a cub.

Guided by the corrosive tentacles, Shen Ge's figure, like a blood-red lightning bolt tearing through the darkness, instantly rushed into the rooftop of the commercial building shrouded in thick, eerie black mist.

The moment he landed, the sensation beneath his feet made him frown. The hard cement ground felt like some kind of rotten meat, with a nauseating stickiness and elasticity.

The dense fog, like a tangible liquid, carried a chilling cold and a desperate whisper, frantically trying to erode the protection of the Crimson Mist Armor.

"Little Seven, detect the concentration of supernatural energy and the extent of mutation in the surrounding area." Shen Ge opened his supernatural eyes and scanned the surroundings. Sure enough, the situation was developing in the direction he least wanted to see.

"Master, the spatial structure here is severely distorted, the gravitational parameters are abnormal, and the spatial curvature is fluctuating violently. The data match rate with the Australian Multiple Ghost Space is as high as 67%. This black fog... is forcibly 'stripping' this area from real space! We may have stepped into a 'Multiple Ghost Space' that is forming." Xiao Qi quickly reported the situation he had discovered.

Multiple eerie spaces?
really.

Shen Ge had long suspected that the multiple strange spaces formed by the strange disaster in Australia were likely an experiment conducted by a strange organization. However, he did not expect that the turmoil there had not yet subsided, and that they would set their sights on Rong City.

This "crow's" methods are not only ruthless, but also very swift!
Not only must a city-destroying level of eeriness be created, but a stable, continuously dredging entrance to a terrifying space must also be established in the most bustling area of ​​the city center.

"Ah—Help!!"

"Don't come any closer! Get away from me!"

"Mom...wuwu..."

Just then, a heart-wrenching scream and a desperate wail pierced through the thick black fog and eerie whispers, coming from the entrance to a stairwell leading downstairs to Shen Ge's right front.

Without hesitation, Shen Ge moved like lightning, instantly reaching the doorway of the stairwell.

The stairwell in front of us has been completely changed. The once cold metal fire door is twisted and deformed, and the edges of the door frame have melted as if corroded by strong acid, flowing with a thick, foul-smelling white liquid.

The walls, ceilings, steps... everything in sight was covered with a thick layer of white, viscous substance, like a living fungal carpet.

The fungal carpet was still slowly wriggling and multiplying, with bulging, grotesque pustules appearing on its surface.

Even more terrifying, the walls were covered with huge, spiderweb-like cracks. Deep within the cracks, instead of concrete or steel bars, there was writhing, dark red flesh.

It was as if the entire building's skeleton and flesh had been replaced with the internal organs of some living creature, and those white fungal carpets were constantly "secreting" from these cracks.

The surface of the fungal carpet and the edges of the cracks were densely covered with tiny, milky-white maggot-like creatures, about the size of a fingernail.

They wriggled wildly, greedily devouring the fungal carpet and everything around them that they could reach—including metal, plastic debris, and even… the eerie energy permeating the air.

“The walls… are turning into bizarre flesh…” Shen Ge’s voice was low and deep. “This building is being assimilated and devoured by a high-level ‘fusion-type’ bizarre creature.”

The horrors that Australia experienced are unfolding in Fuzhou!
In preparation for this charity gala, the Special Operations Department conducted a thorough reconnaissance and intensified patrols of the core area of ​​the city center two weeks in advance.

Such a massive, high-level fusion-type anomaly capable of assimilating an entire skyscraper could not possibly escape the Special Affairs Department's monitoring network with its anomaly energy fluctuations.

Unless... it was "catalyzed" or "transmitted" by "Crow" in some inconceivable way in a very short time.

"Pfft!"

"Puff puff!"

In the few seconds that Shen Ge was observing, the maggots, the size of fingernails, seemed to receive some kind of signal, and their feeding and wriggling speed suddenly increased.

Their bodies swelled rapidly like air, growing from the size of a fingernail to the thickness of a finger or even the length of an arm in just a few seconds. Their sharp mouthparts dripped corrosive mucus and emitted a chilling hissing sound.

No longer content with nibbling at the fungal carpet, they suddenly raised their ugly heads, and countless compound eyes, the size of sesame seeds and gleaming with greedy red light, locked onto Shen Ge, the "intruder" radiating powerful energy fluctuations.

"hiss--!"

With a piercing shriek, dozens of fully expanded white giant worms shot out like arrows from the fungal carpet on the walls, ceiling, and floor, bringing a stench and corrosive slime, and swarmed towards Shen Ge, biting him relentlessly.

"court death!"

A cold glint flashed in Shen Ge's eyes. Without even making a move, the strange energy surrounding him instantly boiled. After the strange domain was spread out, the insects were immediately frozen in place, and at the same time, the powerful strange energy immediately "exploded" them!
"Chichichichi——!"

In an instant, the giant insect's tough exoskeleton, like ice and snow exposed to the scorching sun, emitted a mournful cry, quickly charred, carbonized, and disintegrated, and a pungent, burnt smell quickly spread.

However, these larval parasitic organisms were far too numerous and fearless; as soon as the ones in front were burned, even more would continuously emerge from under the fungal carpet and from the cracks.

What's more troublesome is that the mucus that bursts out when they die splashes onto the surrounding fungal carpet and fleshy walls, acting as a powerful catalyst to stimulate the white fungal carpet and dark red flesh to wriggle even more violently, increasing their reproduction rate visibly, and widening the cracks in the walls.

“Master, their bodily fluids can stimulate the tissues in this eerie space, which resembles a ‘nest,’ to grow faster. Physical removal is too inefficient and will accelerate environmental degradation,” Xiao Qi quickly analyzed.

Shen Ge immediately noticed this as well. With a thought, he stopped pursuing complete destruction with his ghost energy. Instead, he combined the Ghost Domain with the Ghost Domain to instantly transform into a powerful repulsive force field, forming an invisible wall that violently repelled all the giant insects that rushed towards him. They crashed into the surrounding walls and fungal carpet, turning into puddles of slime. Although this would still irritate the environment, it at least avoided direct contact with the ghost energy, which could trigger a more violent reaction.

At this moment, the screams coming from the depths of the stairs below grew weaker and weaker, and more and more desperate.

Shen Ge ignored the endless stream of "juvenile monsters," and his red mist armor condensed into sharp blades beneath his feet, piercing the ground covered with fungal carpet to provide stable support.

At the same time, he flicked his hands, and the crimson armor attached to his arms transformed into two blood-red blades. The two blades crossed and slashed fiercely at the fire door of the stairwell, which was completely covered and blocked by white fungal carpet and corrosive slime.

"boom--!"

A blinding red light erupted, and the heavy metal fire door, along with the thick fungal carpet covering it, was instantly melted and torn apart like a hot knife through butter. A charred opening, its edges dripping with molten metal and burnt fungal carpet, was forcibly forced open. An even more intense stench, a mixture of blood, rotting flesh, and despair, surged forth from the opening like a tangible wave.

Without hesitation, Shen Ge transformed into a blood-red shadow and charged directly into the depths of the stairwell, which resembled the intestines of hell.

The further down you go, the more shocking the environment becomes.

The stairs have completely disappeared, replaced by a constantly wriggling, undulating fleshy "slope" covered with a thick, sticky white fungal carpet.

The walls and ceiling had completely transformed into dark red, fleshy tubes covered with thick, vein-like patterns, which were still pulsating rhythmically.

The air was filled with a suffocating, sweet, and putrid stench.

The giant larvae that were just exposed have grown to the thickness of a bucket, resembling giant white pythons, coiled in every corner of the fleshy passage, greedily devouring the fungal carpet and flesh.

They emanated eerie energy fluctuations far exceeding those before, clearly indicating that they had received stronger nourishment deep within their "nest".

What chilled Shen Ge even more was that in some corners of the passage, he saw partially dissolved humanoid silhouettes, half-covered by white fungal carpet and fleshy tissue… survivors who hadn’t had time to escape. Their despair and fear became the best nourishment for this terrifying lair.

"Hoar--!"

Sensing the powerful intruder, several "mature" white giant worms in the passage suddenly raised their heads, their compound eyes flashing with cruel red light. Their massive bodies, carrying an aura of crushing everything, lunged at and rammed towards Shen Ge.

The mucus they spew from their mouths carries a strong corrosive and neurotoxin-relieving effect. Most terrifyingly, the mucus also emits a dense, eerie black mist, which immediately multiplies into a large amount of white fungal carpet wherever it adheres.

In an instant, more than a dozen rotting blood tentacles transformed into destructive crimson streaks of light across Shen Ge's arms, sending flesh and blood flying wherever the blades passed. The mature giant insect's tough outer skin was still fragile in the face of the rotting blood tentacles' strength, easily severed and torn apart, with dark green, foul-smelling bodily fluids splattering like a fountain, but all of them were blocked by an invisible barrier.

However, faced with "victory," Shen Ge's brows furrowed even more deeply.

These mature giant worms are extremely resilient; even if they are cut, the cut will regenerate rapidly under the nourishment of the fungal carpet and fleshy tissue.

Moreover, their death also stimulates violent peristalsis and accelerated proliferation throughout the "nest" passage, which appears to become narrower and more twisted.

This can't go on!

"Little Seven, we can't get entangled with these consumables any longer. Find the strange 'heart chamber' that maintains this eerie space, the location with the strongest eerie energy fluctuations, which might be the fusion point." Shen Ge dodged and weaved through the narrow, twisted, fleshy passage, avoiding the giant insect's attacks and corrosive slime, while wielding his light blade to clear a path, and gave the order at the same time.

The screams below were barely audible, and the survivors were most likely dead, but no matter what, Shen Ge had to go down and check.

"Scanning at full speed, Master. The ghost energy is flowing towards the densest area... at least five more layers below. There's an extremely strong, 'heart-like' pulsating source there," Xiao Qi replied.

Five floors.

Looking at the passage ahead, which was blocked by more giant insects and frantically proliferating fleshy tissue, Shen Ge activated his Invisible Ghost Domain and used "Collapse" to explore the lower levels.

An extremely strong wave of strange energy instantly appeared within the strange space. The collision of the two different strange energies produced a strong distortion of strange energy, as if countless invisible giant hands were frantically tearing the space apart.

The stairwell, now resembling a bizarre "intestine," echoed with the constant "plop plop plop" sounds of flesh tearing. The white fungal carpets clinging to the walls, ceiling, and floor were torn apart, falling like rain of blood and flesh—a truly nauseating sight.

Soon, the entire fleshy intestine trembled violently as it was torn apart by invisible, strange energy, and everything in its path—the giant worm, the fungal carpet, and the wriggling, proliferating fleshy tissue—was ripped apart.

At the end of the passage, a heavy and powerful "thump! thump!" sound, like the beating of a giant heart, could be faintly heard, along with... a terrifying pressure that made one's soul tremble.

Below, perhaps lies the center of this bizarre fusion—

Heart ventricle!
Shen Ge's figure plunged into a huge, dark, fleshy space filled with the pungent smell of blood and decay. The sight before him caused even this expert in anti-paranormal phenomena, who was accustomed to bloodshed and the bizarre, to have his pupils suddenly contract, and a chilling rage instantly swept through his body.

The entire heart chamber was like the inner cavity of a giant creature. The walls, ceiling, and floor were completely covered by dark red, pulsating flesh. Thick, dark purple pipes, like giant blood vessels, twisted and extended on the surface of the flesh, transporting a viscous, fluorescent, and eerie energy liquid.

The air was so thick it was almost impossible to breathe, and each pulse was accompanied by a nauseating gurgling sound.

At the heart of this hellish scene, a massive, suffocating, dark red tumor, the size of a small mountain, throbs heavily and powerfully.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Each beat sent tremors through the entire ventricle, radiating a chilling pressure that sent shivers down one's spine. The surface of this enormous "heart" was covered with writhing, twisting veins, emitting a blinding, eerie light—the very core energy source of the entire eerie space!

But what is most horrifying is not the heart itself, but the thousands of dark red vascular tentacles that extend from its surface, resembling living tree roots.

These tentacles, like demonic vines, densely entangled and pierced the remaining survivors in the space. They brutally bound and hoisted humans, their sharp ends like alien mouthparts, viciously piercing the survivors' chests, abdomens, and limbs, greedily sucking their life force and flesh.

Most of those entangled had long since lost all signs of life; their bodies were shriveled and twisted, like tattered rag dolls drained of blood, hanging from their pulsating veins, becoming the "nutrients" that kept the horrific heart beating. Their faces were frozen in extreme pain and despair, silently accusing this inhuman torture.

The air was thick with the pungent stench of blood and an atmosphere of despair.

Those who weren't completely drained were beyond saving. Their "life force" had long been drained, leaving only flesh and blood clinging to life. Deeply bound to this heart and the entire fused anomaly, forcibly severing them would only accelerate their complete disintegration, and might even trigger a backlash explosion from the heart.

The most urgent task is to destroy this core of the heart and stop the entire eerie space from continuing to expand and drain the lives of other survivors in Rong City.

"Save...save...my...daughter..." (End of Chapter)